210 people responded to the survey and 177 answered this question. 37 professed to be sadists/masochists, 97 said they were dominants/submissives and 43 said they were masters or slaves.

People were asked whether they agreed strongly, agreed, neither agreed or disagreed, disagreed or disagreed strongly with each statement. To make the results less complex to chart, I’ve aggregated these responses as agree, neither agree nor disagree and disagree. I’ve also shortened the statements people were asked to comment on to: